Donate to the People’s Program
For our movement to gain momentum we need the physical infrastructure to effect a national strategy for cadre development to raise the class conscience in our communities. We are following the lead of Abbas Muntaqim with The People’s Program in Oakland, California and Jalil Muntaqim with the People’s Liberation Program in Rochester, NY. By having infrastructure and tangible institutions on the East and West coast, and now in the Mid West, we hope that this class struggle for national unity will set an example for revolutionaries around the nation who struggle along these same political lines. This community center will be able to host political education programs , a food pantry and free breakfast on the weekends as a part of a Feed the People Program, and an after-school childcare program.
All donations will currently go toward the Peoples Programs for Decolonization building fundraiser.
Prison Lives Matter: Who are We?
“Abolitionist who are working towards pushing education, coordinating actions, creating structure, and broadening the struggle, connecting the dots between community oppression (capitalism/colonialism) and the Prison Industrial/Slave Complex, understanding that this is all one struggle.”
General membership (GM) is someone who can connect the dots and understands this is all one struggle.
A Field Marshall is similar to cadre: someone who has the ability to educate, recruit ,& help implement structure in their prison, community, state, or region
Regional Organizing Committee individuals who overstand the line and work with the field marshall to implement structure, as active roles in regional sub-committees
WHO MANAGES MEMBERSHIP?
National Coordinating Committee (NCC) & Head Field Marshall’s talk @ monthly meetings accepting new general members, ROC members, & Field Marshall's.
Field Marshall's and NCC members have space at the monthly meeting to update on new members in their region, etc (general membership & ROC membership doesn’t necessarily need to be voted on).
NCC members vote on Head Field Marshall's in monthly meetings, with consensus style voting. A NCC member or Head Field Marshall can propose a Regional Field Marshall to the group on the monthly call and folks vote on them. Each State ideally has one Head Field Marshall and they can appoint other Field Marshall's throughout the state (bringing it to the NCC when possible).
*If you are interested in becoming a Field Marshall (and therefore participating in inside/outisde organization and organizing) we require you to send in your PSI (Pre Sentence Investigation Report) & Probably Cause Affidavit. Screening observation & approval evaluation is mandatory & a necessary part of infrastructure/movement building.*
Prison Lives Matter: How are We Organized?
The following is a list of our current sub committees. These committees meet bi-weekly & report back to monthly NCC meetings. As your ROC’s grows have members connect with & join the necessary committees.
Social Media Committee: run our social media platforms & Create Content
Outreach/In reach Committee: Folk’s who run the PO Box’s/mail, create Newsletters, journals, & expand the collective
Lawful Committee: deliberate on possible cases, work on chosend cases & advocate for incarcerated people
Financial/Fundraising Committee: create fundraising strategies, distribute funding, & keep track of finances
Political Education Committee: create & collect educational content, as well as, host educational classes
ROC’s / Individual State Committees: run regional PLM groups (these groups also have their own set of subcommittees)
Current Capacity & Needs of PLM
Prison Lives Matter is in it’s “Infrastructure Building Stage,” this means we don’t have the capacity of our long term mission statement & goal. We need people to take on more responsibilities and network inside & outside of prison walls to grow our movement and capacity. We are asking comrades who have been actively organizing & conducting political education classes to step up and help build Regional Organizing Committees (ROCs).
Currently we have one main PO BOX that answers all the mail we receive personally, the other PLM PO BOX only sends out content. We would like to see PO BOX’s in each region to take on the role of responding to the surplus of mail we receive. The following is a step by step guide on how to create ROC’s
Prison Lives Matter: Curriculum
Prison Lives Matter is a collective in which we come together as a like-minded politically oriented community to strategize on how to obtain collective liberation from an oppressive state. Currently we are focusing on cadre development, to educate ourselves on the current political climate and use our critical thinking to find ways to combat oppression. With a focus on POW Journal Book 9 cadre development section to get a better idea on how to move forward. If you would like a copy of this journal please write to us to request it.
“New Afrikan POW Journals #1-12” (emphasize on 1, 9, &12) (contact us for copies of these journals)
We Are Our Own Liberators by Jalil Muntaqim
Stand Up, Struggle Forward by Sanyika Shakur
Lumpen by Ed Mead
Cages of Steel by Ward Churchill
Meditations on Frantz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth by James Yaki Sayles
Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex Edited by Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith
